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The singing voice is the same as what we heard before, it is still the palace complaint poem "Chang Xin Qiu Ci".
Everything that appeared showed that the ghost ship of the Tang Dynasty appeared again.
Chapter 1678 Lotus Seat
It didn't disappear because we broke through it, but appeared quickly after disappearing briefly.
"Master Jiu, since it's just an illusion, let's leave it alone."
I saw the tall ancient ship and said.
I say this because from the appearance to the disappearance of the ancient ship, apart from its terrifying aura, other things did not bring us any harm.We can just ignore it and just do our own business.
But obviously, my idea is still too naive.
Master Jiu looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "This ghost ship does not appear anytime and anywhere. It only appears in front of us when it finds us. The appearance of the ghost ship is supported by the resentment on board, and most of the resentment on board comes from That woman in the palace. For the time being, the resentment has not hurt us because she has been testing us. If we ignore it, it will be hard to say. Since she wants to try, then I will show her. Yoko , you come to hold the wormwood, and I will drill the eye."
"Zhihao? Me?"
Before I had time to say more, the bamboo wormwood in Master Jiu's hand was handed over to me.
I had no choice but to hold the bamboo wormwood horizontally in my hand like Master Jiu, and stand on the bow by myself.
This is the first time I took this kind of bamboo wormwood, and found that the amount is not light, but it feels very elastic and tough. It should be a special utensil specially made for the Hades Hook.
Master Jiu entered the cabin, he said to let me hold the gun, and he went to drill eyes, but I didn't have time to ask him what kind of eyes he wanted to drill.
But soon Master Jiu came out, holding a candle in his hand, the candle was already lit.
I don't know what the candle was made of. Although it was still raining, the candle flame exposed to the rain was not affected at all. Although the flame was not big, it kept burning.
Immediately afterwards Master Jiu took out another object, and I saw that it was a lotus seat.
The lotus seat is not very big, about the size of a plate for eating.
I don't know what the lotus seat was carved out of. It looks as white as jade, and the fine lotus petals spread out to surround it, and there is a small space in the middle that is empty.
Master Jiu took out these two things and quickly put the candle on the lotus seat.
The two fit together easily.
"Shua..." Jiu Ye put the lotus seat and candles on, and with a sudden flick, he threw those two things from his hands onto the water in front of him.
I don't know if it was because Master Jiu dropped the lotus seat, but the weather, which was originally stormy, suddenly changed.
The continuous rain stopped, and the wind seemed to slow down a lot.
I don't think this lotus seat is so magical. It shouldn't be able to control the changes in the weather. This should be a complete coincidence.
Master Jiu didn't give the order, so I could only continue to stand on the bow of the boat with the bamboo wormwood sideways.
And the ghost ship on the opposite side, like last time, began to slowly move towards us.
Everything seems to be a repeat of the last time, the difference is that there are no more trapped water crows at the bow.
The other singing voices are still the same, the dilapidated sails are still the same, and even the shadowy figures on the boat are still appearing and disappearing from time to time.
The ghost ship remains the same, it is our side that has changed.
The lotus seat thrown off by Lord Jiu carried the candle and floated on the water smoothly, up and down with the waves of the river.
What also surprised me was that the ghost ship on the opposite side moved towards us, thus pushing the water waves towards us.But that little lotus seat was able to swim against the current and drift slowly towards the big ship.
I still haven't figured out what Master Jiu's intention is.
Want to use that little lotus seat to block the big boat that is like a mountain to us?Or use the candle on the small lotus seat to burn the opposite boat?
But isn't that ship an unreal phantom?
If we say that the coffin boat we are on is like a car with a mantis' arms compared to the giant swan on the opposite side.So in terms of proportion, that small lotus seat is probably not even as good as one eye of a praying mantis.
The candle flame on the candle on the lotus pedestal is like a star in the night, although it flickers erratically, it is still tenaciously on.
Master Jiu came up from behind me, and I gave him the position at the bow of the boat.
I found that there was one more thing in Master Jiu's hands, which was the Hades Hook that he was famous for.The three gleaming silver hooks were like the three fangs in the mouth of a beast, with a cold glow.
"Disciple He Sijiu, master of Yan Wanggou. Today, he went out of the river to search for corpses, which disturbed you all. If you have something to entrust, I, He Jiu, will do it. If you are interested, I will send you the soul-gathering lamp, and I will wait for you to show me."
Master Jiu shouted loudly, hearing this meant he was talking to the people on the opposite boat.And what he said was basically vernacular, and there was no difficult language in it.
Can such a deliberative tone get a response from the other party?
I'm skeptical.As far as I know, runes are one of the mediums of communication between people and ghosts.If people want to communicate with souls, they generally have to draw symbols and chant mantras.
As far as Jiuye's plain language is concerned, it's like chatting in a normal way, the other party can hear it, understand it?
In fact, my knowledge is shallow, and it is strange to say that after Master Jiu finished speaking, the lotus seat suddenly stopped, stayed on the water surface, and started to spin.
It was as if there was a nest of small whirlpools rotating the lotus seat underneath.
At the same time, the big ship on the opposite side also stopped moving forward, and the sad song also stopped abruptly.
There is a reaction...
This shows that Master Jiu's words have had an effect.
The lotus pedestal and the candles on it stopped at the center of the two boats of us and the other party.It's still spinning in circles.
Suddenly, the flame on the candle grew in half.
However, the flames had changed from fiery red to faint blue.The faint blue flames are more than half a foot high.
Judging from my experience, the flame's reaction should be developing in a good direction. These phenomena are enough to prove that the other party also wants to communicate with us.The flame changed color, which meant that it had become a black candle.
No matter how many souls are on the opposite boat, they can use this black candle to communicate with us simply.These routines are no different from those on land.
But less than half a minute after the flame changed color, suddenly another vortex appeared near the ghost ship.The vortex was only the size of a washbasin at the beginning, but gradually expanded to the surroundings, and soon became the size of a tabletop.
The appearance of the vortex drove the surrounding water potential, and a large amount of water was sucked into the vortex.
Chapter 1679 Insufficient Sincerity
The boat we were on was also driven, and rushed straight towards the vortex.
This caught me off guard, and the bamboo wormwood in my hand was snatched away by Master Jiu. He tapped the water several times with the bamboo wormwood, and finally stabilized the coffin boat just before it was about to rush into the vortex.Jiu Ye stood up the bamboo wormwood in the water, just like inserting the bamboo wormwood into the sand.
The vortex is about three meters in front of our bow.Although the surrounding water became very fast, the lotus seat remained stable, as if it had grown roots underwater, and did not move with the water.
Master Jiu said in a deep voice, "They want a meeting gift, Yangzi, take out as much grain as you have left."
"Alas." I responded, and hurriedly got into the cabin, took out the several jars containing grains, and placed them on the deck of the bow.
Master Jiu pointed to the whirlpool three meters away: "Sprinkle it all in."
I nodded, stretched out my hand to grab the grains in the jar, and started throwing them desperately into the vortex.
Master Jiu shouted loudly again: "Disciple He Sijiu, he came here in a hurry this time with only five grains. Now, it's not a respect. If you are willing to reward the name, He Jiu will be respected by the spirit seat after returning. Incense offerings."
The grains I threw into the water quickly sank.Before coming here, I sowed the grains several times, and I threw half of the grains left in the jar into the water.
During the whole process, there were no waves or accidents.
But when I threw the last handful of grains into the water, it seemed that the water knew everything, and I kept turning the flowers from the bottom of the water to the top.
I threw it into the water, and the grains that had sunk were turned up again.
This time, all the grains were floating on the water, forming a dense patch.
Master Jiu's face was very heavy, I understand that this should be because the other party rejected our meeting gift.
Those grains that had sunk into the water not only came out of the water one after another, but also were pushed by the water waves, drifted towards our boat, and gathered around our boat.
The grains seem to be supported by something under the water, all of them float on the surface of the water, densely packed in a large area.
I have no way to deal with the changes in the water, so I can only pin my hopes on Master Jiu.
Master Jiu's complexion was getting worse and worse. Facing the big boat opposite, he said again: "Everyone seems to be not satisfied with our meeting ceremony?"
"I have sunk at the bottom of the river for more than a thousand years, and the place is cold and cold, lonely and lonely. Today, someone finally came to see me. I only took some rice millet, I'm afraid it's not sincere..."
At this time, there was a sudden mournful and mournful voice.
The candle flame of the candle on the water also suddenly rose again, and it kept flickering.
I understand that the candle that Master Jiu cast down also exists as a medium for us to communicate with each other.The other party is a soul, and with the presence of Yin Zhu, they will feel safer.
The voice this time is not singing, but it conveys exactly the same artistic conception as the singing we heard just now. Obviously, this voice and the singing just now come from the same person.
It's just that the song from the past sounds very ethereal, and it has been floating on the river, so that you can't tell where it came from.
But the speaking voice was relatively stable and clearer, obviously it had something to do with that black candle.
Although I am sure this is what the beautiful woman on the bow said, but I dare not look directly at her.
Hearing the woman's words, she admitted to herself this time that she was a person who had sunk at the bottom of the river for a thousand years.Obviously, she is the owner of the thousand-year-old corpse. When I think that the opposite is a thousand-year-old female ghost, and a female ghost from Shenjiang, I can't help breaking out in cold sweat.
Such a female ghost is full of resentment, and after thousands of years of accumulation, her morality must have been extremely high. Master Jiu and I came here to retrieve the corpse. If we don't appease her resentment, it may be difficult to retrieve the corpse.
It is said that on the two big rivers, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, there are many people who fish for corpses, and a considerable number of people even rely on this for food.But not everyone can become Hades Hook.Only those corpses that are difficult to find will find the Hook of Hades.
The reason why those corpses are difficult to find is that when they sank into the river, they were full of resentment and their souls lingered, so if they want to retrieve the corpses, they must first reassure their souls.Ordinary corpse hunters only know how to fish corpses and don't know how to requiem souls. Naturally, they can't fish that kind of complicated corpses. Only Yan Wanggou knows this well.
It's like my third uncle and I broke down a haunted house. If we want to break down the house, we must first eliminate the souls and resentments of the people who died in it.
So the most urgent task for Master Jiu and I is to appease this talking female ghost first.The ghost ship on the opposite side must also honor this female ghost.
But I understand the truth, and I have no idea how to do it.According to the rules on our land, we should first understand the past and present life of this female ghost, what she did when she was a human, and how she acted like a ghost.Only when the crux of the problem is found can it be targeted.
Sure enough, Master Jiu was not surprised when he heard the words on the other side. He also said in a deep voice: "We are here to help Madam. You also said that it's lonely and cold down here. Don't you think Madam doesn't want to leave here?" ? I can help you get out of here."
"Can you help me leave? I think I also come from a famous family, and my family background is prominent. If you want me to leave, you can't just give me a few taels of grain."
The voice came out intermittently, flickering, although it was not like a face-to-face conversation, but it was very pleasant to listen to.
Master Jiu cupped his fists towards the big boat and said, "As long as my wife is willing to come with me, I will definitely prepare a great gift and offer it to you every day in the future..."
"It's not enough..."
"Not enough? Could it be Madam..."
"Don't call me madam again..." Before Master Jiu finished speaking, the woman's voice suddenly rose, causing the flame on the candle to rise by three points again.
On the small candle, a flame more than one foot high was actually burning. The flame was blue and danced erratically, reflecting the surrounding water surface in a faint blue.
I was shocked, and the woman's voice when she was angry gave me goosebumps.Jiu Ye's address actually caused the other party to lose such a temper.
"You can just call me a girl." The woman said again: "Old man, your name is He Jiu? I know you have a little knowledge, but when you get here, don't try to take me away if you don't show some sincerity. I don't believe you Just try... I think since you have come here, it is impossible not to understand what I mean. Do you have to tell me the truth? "
Master Jiu sighed and nodded: "Okay, girl, since that's the case, you can wait until we talk..."
Chapter 1680
After speaking, Master Jiu sighed, turned around and said to me: "Yangzi, success or failure depends on you."
I was taken aback, why did this involve me again, Master Jiu is the one who punted the boat, and Master Jiu is also the one who is going to pick up the corpse.
I was puzzled and stared at Master Jiu.
Master Jiu pointed to the cabin: "There is a wooden board at the bottom of the cabin, and there is a memorial tablet inside, take it out."
I hastily followed what Master Jiu said, and rummaged through the cabin, and sure enough, I lifted the wooden board, and found something wrapped in yellow silk from the hidden compartment below.I took that thing out and handed it to Master Jiu, judging from its shape, it should be a wooden tablet.
Master Jiu opened the yellow silk on the tablet, and as expected, there was a black wooden tablet inside.There are several red words written on the tablet.
Before I could read the words on it clearly, Master Jiu handed me a small knife again and said, "Yangzi, cut your finger and squeeze out three drops of blood."
"Me? Three drops of blood?"
I realized that this matter seemed to be different from what I had thought in advance.I thought I was just here to help Master Jiu, but now it seems that the whole thing is all about me.
Although my progress in Taoism has been criticized by my third uncle, saying that I have not made much progress in Taoism and I am always lazy, but at least after so many things, I have enough experience.I know that the importance of blood to humans is not only the circulatory system of the human body, but also one of the important characteristics that distinguish humans from ghosts and corpses.
Human blood is another proof of identity in the Three Realms and Six Realms.The blood in everyone's body, even if the blood type is the same, has a different nature.Otherwise, how could there be such a saying in ancient times that blood is recognized as a relative.
In Xuanmen, human blood cannot be easily taken out.The blood on the tip of the tongue and the blood on the middle finger are all blood full of yang energy, and bleeding will damage one's own vitality.Moreover, it is said that the blood of the human body is also used to sign any contract between humans and ghosts.
So when Master Jiu asked me to bleed three drops of blood, my heart trembled, and I subconsciously looked at the token.
I realized that nine times out of ten the spirit card would also be related to me.
And Master Jiu didn't seem to want to hide it from me, so he simply showed the tablet to me.